Garment.



s. A. CARLSON.

GARMENT;

APPLICATLQN, FILED MAY 2, I917.

YLQLQQQ v Patented Oct 15, 1918.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTOR N EY f TED safari SOPHIA. A. CABLSON, F CHISHOLM, MINNESOTA.

GARMENT.

- Chisholm, in the county of Saint Louis and s a garment State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ularly to those of the knit combination shirt and'drawers type.

The objectof the invention is to provide of this character equipped with an improved attachment for supporting catamenial bandages so constructed and arranged as to be completely concealed when not in use and so positioned as to be out of contact with the person of the wearer, and which may yet be readily arranged for use when desired.

Another object is to proved attachment and having improved reinforcing means for withstanding the strains exerted on the garment by such bandages when in use. 1

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the detailsof construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed the spirit of the invention. I v

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1' represents a front elevation ofa knit union garment equipped with this in- I vention,

Fig. 2 1s a rear elevation of a portion thereof,

Fig. 3 1s a longitudinal vertical section thereof,

Fig. 4 is a detail. perspective view of'one of the bandage'supporting tabs.

said garment In the form illustrated, a combination bodying the usual It is well known of this character, the

garment 1 is shown em shirt 2 and drawers 3.

use of a separate sanitary belt for supporting catamenial bandages is the reason that when worn outside the garment, the bandage isinefi'ective to protect and when worn underneath the garment, it is inaccessible for change'of Specification of Letters Patent.

improvements I 1n garments for women, and more PfiltlC- provide a garment of this character equipped with this imundesirable for the bandage when the wearer is dressed; and should no belt at all be worn and the bandage simpl pinned to the garment, the latter is tornby such'pinning and oftentimes soiled in addition. It is to overcome these disadvantages in garments of this designed.

which per ends are located higher up, nearer the waistline of the garment for obvious reasons. 1

Arranged between flaps 4 and 5 is a tab 6 referably constructed of-an elastic strip and a non-elastic inning member 8 preferably composed of canton fiannel'or any other suitable washable fabric. This tab 6 is disposed between the garment flaps at.

the front of the garment and the free end of the elastic strip 7 is secured to the garment adjacent the meeting or inner ends of the flaps 4 and 5 as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2'. When not in use, completely concealed between the flaps as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The inner flap 4 has an opening 9, here shown arranged transversely across the flap and preferably reinforced by buttonhole stitching or otherwise to resist strains and through which the. tab 6 i'sd'esigned to pass when it is to be used for supporting a'bandage (not shown), it being understood that the bandage is pinned at its opposite ends to the pinning member 8 carried by other pinning member 8-of tab 6 at the rear of the garment (see Fig. 2). The tab 6 which is exactly like tab 6 is disposed between flaps 4' and 5' and is secured to flap 4 at a point below the connected ends of said flaps, and is adapted to extend through an opening 9' in flap 4 use A reinforcing strip 10 is stitched to flap 4' as shown in Fig. 2 and is designed to resist the strains borne by tab 6' to prevent tearing of the garment.

The garment is also reinforced by a strip 11. of inelastic material, which is arranged this tab 6 tab 6 and to an-' when desired for Patented Got. 15, 1918.

Application filed May 2, 1917. Serial No. 165,986. V

e of knit goods, are provided 7 erted on the garment by the bandage when I p in use, the bandage not bein herein shown as it forms no part of this invention.

.' This strip is preferably arranged to simulate a belt, the upper and lower edges of which are formed by the strip, and which also has an additional member 12 simulating a tab formed by the strip.

The rear flaps are preferably secured inoverlapping relation by means of a button and buttonhole indicated at 13, although any other suitable fasteners may be employed.

A reinforcing strip 14 of non-elastic mate rial is secured around the edges of each front flap and an overlapping flap 5 at the rear and operates as a support for the bandage,

which when in use rests on the lapped flaps. This strip also prevents undue stretching and curling of these edges when no bandage is needed. It is obvious that if these strips were not used, the elastic nature of the fabric wouldpermit the flaps to open under the weight of the bandage and allow it to project between them and thus cause soiling of the flaps.

It will thus be seen that a garment constructed as. herein described will meet all the requirements above set forth and when it is not necessary to use a bandage, thetabs 6,

and 6 may be drawn through the openings 9 and 9' formed in the inner flaps 4 and 4 ofthe garment and positioned between said flaps so that they will not contact with the body of the wearer to prevent chafing of the body and soiling of the tabs and they will also be out of sight.

When it is desired to use the tabs they are inserted through the reinforced openings 9 and 9 with their pinning ends depending inside the garment ready for engagement with the bandage, and which are thus accessible when it is desired to change the bandage after the corset has been put on and the wearer fully dressed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

' that such chan es may be made as are within the scope of t e claimed invention. I cla1m 1. A'nether garment for women having an open crotch with overlapping flaps at its front andrear, and bandage attaching means arranged between said flaps, the inner flap having an opening for the passage therethrough of said means when the latter are desired for use.

i v '2. A nether garment for women having an open crotch with overlapping flaps at its front and rear, bandage attaching tabs secured between said flaps, each of said inner flaps having an opening therein for the passage of a tab so as to position the latter adjacent the body of the. wearer ready for use.

3. A nether garment for women having an open crotch with overlapping flaps at its front and rear, bandage attaching tabs composed of elastic strips secured at one end between said flaps adjacent their point of connection and provided at'its free end with a non-elastic pinningmember, each of said inner flaps having an opening extending transversely thereof for the passage therethrough of the tab when desired for use and'permitting it to bewithdrawn and disposed between the fiaps when-not in use.

4. nether garment for women composed of knit material and having a reinforcing strip arranged around the waist .thereof to simulate a downwardly curved belt, said garment having an open crotch with overlapping fiaps at its front and rear, said reinforcin belt forming strip extending adjacent tfie inner ends of said flaps, bandage attaching tabs secured at one end to the garment between the flaps adjacent the belt forming strip whereby any strains exerted on the tabs will be borne by the strip, the inner flaps at the front and rear of the garment having transversely extending rein- 95 forced openings for the passage of the tabs therethrough.

5. .A garment of the class described including a pair of knit fabric open drawers having overlapping flaps at the crotch with 100 reinforcing strips .of non-stretchable material along the edges of said flaps, the inner flaps having openings therein and bandage attaching tabs carried by said garment. be- I tween said flaps and adapted to extend 105 through said openings when desired for use, whereby the weight of'the bandage will be supported by said strips.

6. A knit bifurcated nether garment for women'having-an open crotch with overlap- 110 ping flaps atits front and rear, a strip of inelastic material secured around the waist portion of. said garment and arranged to simulate a belt with a tab at the front thereof, tabs arranged between said flaps and po- 115 sitioned so that the strain exerted thereon will be borne by said strip, the inner flap having openings through which said tabs may be passed when desired for use.

In testimony "in presence of two witnesses.

.sOPHIA A. CARLSON.

Witnesses:

JuLrUs Gross, CELEsTINE BASSANI.

whereof I aflix my signature 1 20 

